Format of CSIR NET-JRF exam

Exam Pattern of CSIR-UGC NET:

CSIR-UGC NET consists of only one Objective type (MCQ) paper which has three parts: Part-A, Part-B, Part-C. The total marks in the exam is 200 marks which needs to be answered in 3 hours.

Part-A is common to all, while Part-B & C is subject specific. Let us first discuss about the pattern of this common Part and than go individually for the exam pattern of each CSIR NET subjects.

Format of CSIR NET Part-A (General Aptitude):

There are 20 questions in the paper, out of which you have to answer any 15. Each question weighs 2 mark - thus there are 30 marks in Part-A (General Aptitude) of CSIR NET.
Syllabus: General Science, Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis and Research Aptitude.

Having discussed about the pattern of the common test section (i.e. General Aptitude), let us go for the subject-specific test sections below. In the tables for CSIR NET Exam Pattern given below, following acronyms have been used:
TQ: Total Question.
AQ: Attempt Question.
MPQ: Mark Per Question.
TM: Total Mark.

CSIR NET 2016 Exam pattern for Chemical Sciences:

CSIR NET Exam pattern for Chemical Sciences

To know more about the Exam pattern for Chemical Sciences, click here.

Negative marking: @25% for each wrong answer.

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CSIR NET Exam pattern for Earth Sciences:

CSIR NET 2016 Exam pattern for Earth Sciences

To know more about the Exam pattern for Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean And Planetary Sciences, click here.

Negative marking: For Part 'A' and Part 'B' is @25% for each wrong answer. For Part 'C' negative marking is @33% .

Click here to download the syllabus of CSIR NET Earth Sciences.